Humanities – Minor

The humanities minor is a program of study that provides students with an opportunity to study the humanities through a discipline-based, interdisciplinary, or topically focused approach. The program consists of 18 credits of approved humanities coursework. Of these 18 credits, a minimum of 12 credits of minor coursework must be completed in addition to any courses (required courses or program electives) included in the major curriculum. The optional capstone course in the program is HU 498 - Directed Study in the Humanities. Qualified candidates for the humanities minor will be invited to summarize their research in an oral report to the department faculty.

Interested students should apply to the minor program early in their academic career, usually by the fifth semester of college work, but no later than the end of the drop/add period of the first semester of their last year of didactic work. According to the University policy, a student must have the approval of his/her academic advisor in order to apply for a minor. No more than 6 credits may be transferred from another institution. The department chair will determine transferability.

For more information on applying for a completing a minor, please see Minors in the Academics section of this catalog.

Prerequisite Courses

Elective Courses

Courses at or above the 200 level from the department’s course offerings may be used for this minor. One of the Intellectual Heritage courses may apply to the humanities minor. All courses applicable to the humanities minor must be preapproved by the chair of the Department of Humanities.